KZF module busted, three held for grenade attack at police post

The Counter Intelligence (CI), in a joint operation with the SBS Nagar police, arrested three members of a terror module of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) and claimed to have cracked the case of hand grenade attack at the Asron police post in Nawanshahr on December 2.

DGP Gaurav Yadav identified the arrested persons as Yugpreet Singh, alias Yuvi, a resident of Mohalla Qazian, Jaskaran Singh, alias Shah, of Mohalla Jagoteyan and Harjot Singh, alias Jot, of Dugglan Mohalla in Rahon, Nawanshahr. A country-made pistol, a revolver and six cartridges were recovered from their possession, he added.

On December 2, some persons had hurled a hand grenade on the premises of the Asron police post of Kathgarh police station.

The DGP said the suspects were the members of a KZF module controlled by handlers based in Germany, UK and other countries. They were tasked to target police establishments and minority leaders in Punjab and Haryana. The module had received Rs 4.5 lakh in funding over the past six months, he added.

The cop said preliminary investigation revealed that they had got the hand grenade from a Dead Letter Box (DLB) located on the GT Road in Jalandhar on November 28. A DLB is a secret location used to exchange information or items between two people without meeting in person.

Navjot Singh Mahal, AIG, CI, Jalandhar, said in an intelligence-based operation, a naka was laid near a railway crossing in SBS Nagar city and arrested the three suspects, who were on the way to the Nawanshahr bus stand on a bike. — TNS